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Just to let everyone know, I've just finished the third book in the "Gone" series by Michael Grant and I think their brilliant. A bit violent and bloody at times but intriguing page turners. Great reads.

I would definitely recommend "Girl Missing" by Sophie McKenzie and "The Old Eye Of Heaven" by Christine Dwyer Hickey

I would so recommend Dark Summer by Lizzy Ford. The book is awesome and I so highly recommend it. A definite page turner! :)

Sickened and my father's keeper by Julie Gregory

Christine - I thought Sickened was a great book too.

Kyle - I've put Valentine on my "To Read" list. It sounds great.

I read a book called Thr3e by Ted Dekker. Also a great suspense/mystery with an ending you don't see coming.

I'd recommend a book called Unwind (Unwind, #1)
by Neal Shusterman. Kind of dystopian. Very different and totally terrifying, especially near the end. It's a YA book but adults will get a lot out of it too. I loved it.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76...

Sickened was a wonderful book

New here! Non-fiction recommendations ok or do most prefer fiction (seems so by the recommendations to date). Also, new books only? I just went through a few lists on GR created by individuals and was reminded of a couple read decades ago but are still in print and still so wonderful.

Actually, will just post. I won't be on here for a few days so I guess I'll know the answers to my questions by the comments made!

Great book-"The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. I remember reading a short story by O'Brien ("Going After Cacciato" sp?) in college in a literary magazine. My professor said it was one of the best short stories he had ever read (this was around 1977). It appeared later in "The Things..." Was still as wonderful as were the other "entries" (for lack of a better word). Read O'Brien didn't intend for it to be a series of short stories that are unrelated except that they all take place in Viet Nam or are about Viet Nam vets. He was hoping that the "entries" could be read as a narrative of sorts. Anyway, great book.

Good Non-fiction-"Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers. Some Eggers books I love, some are all over the place but this is a great book. "Reads" as if fiction and you (or, at least I) find it astonishing that you had not heard about it (no spoilers!)

Hi Lin, welcome to the group!

Kyle you should read the book called Sickened and My father's keeper

I would recommend:
John Green:
-The Fault In Our Stars
-Looking For Alaska
-Paper Towns

James Patterson:
-Maximum Ride Series (The Angel Expirament is book 1)
-Confessions of a Murder Suspect

Collen Houck:
-The Tiger Saga (Tiger's Curse is book 1)

Veronica Roth:
-Divergent Trilogy (Divergent is book 1)

Maggie Stiefvater:
-Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy (Shiver is book 1)

J.K.Rowling:
-Harry Potter Series (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is book 1)

I could go on for a long time, but I think I should stop there.
~Hailey

I just got The Fault In Our Stars as a present so I'm looking toward to read it soon.

Jack wrote: "I just got The Fault In Our Stars as a present so I'm looking toward to read it soon."

It's really good, but a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. I was laughing, sighing, and crying all in the span of a few pages!

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "I liked the Maximum Ride series. Fang is my favorite."

Yeah, I just didn't like him later in the series (especially in Fang and beginning of Nevermore). I liked Iggy a lot.
~Hailey

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Hailey wrote: "Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "I liked the Maximum Ride series. Fang is my favorite."

Yeah, I just didn't like him later in the series (especially in Fang and beginning of ..."

The idea of Maximum Ride came from James Patterson's book When the Wind Blows and The Lake House which also featur a character named Max who escapes from a quite despicable School. Most of the similarities end there though. Max and the Flock in Maximum Ride aren't the same children in those two books (When The Wind Blows and The Lake House). Nor do Frannie and Kit play any part in Maximum Ride.

I'm sorry if I sound like a jerk for pointing that out.
~Hailey

Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Hailey wrote: "Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "Hailey wrote: "Kyle ~Special K: Rebel Leader~ wrote: "I liked the Maximum Ride series. Fang is my favorite."

Yeah, I just didn't like him la..."

No, don't blame yourself. I apologize for rushing to an incorrect conclusion. Sorry again, Kyle.
~Hailey

Alright that sounds good Kyle

This is a bit off-topic but this feels like the best place to put it. Everyone who has read Stephen King seems to really like his work. In fact, I have never seen anyone who dislikes King's classic works. Now I have never read anything by King but I would like to and, perhaps controversially, the book of his that caught my attention was 'Under the dome' which, as I have seen, has received mixed reviews. My questions are these; have you guys read anything by Stephen King? Have you read Under the dome? Would you recommend it to me/should I begin with one of King's more famous works?

I loved Under the Dome, but as with most books everyone has their own opinion. Another good read is 11.22.63. Or is it 11.23.63. Anyway, you'd recognize it.

Thanks Amy! Yeah, I do recognise that title too. Looks like I'll have to pop 'em on my to-read list sooner or later :)

The one and only Stephen king I have read is The Stand. I was out in the states a few years ago for New Years and going to savannah for a week. Massive big sell from my sister and brother in law where they convinced me eventually to try it. Pretty heavy read (could only manage a few chapters at a time) but was well worth it.

Cherrelle wrote: "This is a bit off-topic but this feels like the best place to put it. Everyone who has read Stephen King seems to really like his work. In fact, I have never seen anyone who dislikes King's classic..."

I loved The Shining. I enjoyed The Stand and Carrie too.

Thanks for your opinions! You have given me some options to think about.

Pam wrote: "Cherrelle wrote: "This is a bit off-topic but this feels like the best place to put it. Everyone who has read Stephen King seems to really like his work. In fact, I have never seen anyone who disli..."

Yes, I think Stephan King's best works are The Stand, The Shining and Carrie - in that order.

Hi! Could anyone recommend me a good book published year 2003 and 2004? Thanks guys

Hey has anyone here read a book called wool? I heard that its quite popular, but can't decide to pick this one up. Im currently reading A gate at the stairs by Lorrie Moore and I'm deciding whether to drop this book for wool. Any suggestions?

Ratz wrote:Hi! Could anyone recommend me a good book published year 2003 and 2004? Thanks guys
for 2003. for 2004.

Dennis wrote:Hey has anyone here read a book called wool?
I liked it. It's about a future where the inhabitants have lived their whole lives in an underground silo and they don't know what it's like outside the silo. Whenever they need to punish people they send them outside of the silo to die, but for some reason every person they banish from the silo agrees to clean the silo's window from the outside before they disappear...

Six Years by Harlan Coben

Dennis wrote: "Hey has anyone here read a book called wool? I heard that its quite popular, but can't decide to pick this one up. Im currently reading A gate at the stairs by Lorrie Moore and I'm deciding whether..."

Dennis wrote: "Hey has anyone here read a book called wool? I heard that its quite popular, but can't decide to pick this one up. Im currently reading A gate at the stairs by Lorrie Moore and I'm deciding whether..."

Dennis wrote: "Hey has anyone here read a book called wool? I heard that its quite popular, but can't decide to pick this one up. Im currently reading A gate at the stairs by Lorrie Moore and I'm deciding whether..."

Jon wrote: "Ratz wrote:Hi! Could anyone recommend me a good book published year 2003 and 2004? Thanks guys
for 2003. [bookcover:The Know-It-All:..."

I haven't read it but I checked it out... sounds interesting and has good reviews :)

Thanks for the book recommendation. I'll sure check it out :)

Terry wrote: "Yes, I think Stephan King's best works are The Stand, The Shining and Carrie - in that order."

Thanks Terry! I'll get on those three when I get the time :)

Cherrelle wrote: "Terry wrote: "Pam wrote: Yes, I think Stephan King's best works are The Stand, The Shining and Carrie - in that order."

Thanks Terry! I'll get on those three when I get the time :)"

I wouldn't read those 3 books back to back though - too creepy!!

Terry wrote: "I wouldn't read those 3 books back to back though - too creepy!!"

Hehe, gotcha! I'll be sure to spread them all out with some more jolly, happy, fairies and flowers tales in between :)

Cherrelle wrote: "Terry wrote: "I wouldn't read those 3 books back to back though - too creepy!!"
Hehe, gotcha! I'll be sure to spread them all out with some more jolly, happy, fairies and flowers tales in between :)"

I didn't find The Stand or Carrie creepy. Unless you're talking about Carrie's mom. SHE was creepy. The Shining, tho.. I scared myself with that one!

Well at this moment I'm a bit dubious that a book could actually scare me or freak me out, but we'll see I guess. Note: I won't be reading any of these for quite a while, as I have so many others that I have to/want to read first.

Cherrelle wrote: "Well at this moment I'm a bit dubious that a book could actually scare me or freak me out, but we'll see I guess."

I was in early HS(and it was dark) and was borrowing my friends' mom's SK Library since she belonged to the club. It was a scene in the book that they barely touched on in the movie and when I saw it again after reading it, it didn't get me.

When I first tried to watch The Shining as an 8yo, (waaayyy back when HBO first started!) the elevator full of blood sent me running for my room.

Alex by Adam j. Nicolai

The Things They Carried is one fantastic book.

Cherrelle wrote: "Well at this moment I'm a bit dubious that a book could actually scare me or freak me out, but we'll see I guess. Note: I won't be reading any of these for quite a while, as I have so many others t..."

Cherrelle, Have you read The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostovo. Really brilliant book but I freaked a few times. Was reading quite late and the lights went out for a few seconds a few times when i was reading the book at certain relevant parts. That said really, really good book.

The Historian

Hey, has anyone read "Back To Blood" by Tom Wolfe? I enjoyed "Bonfire of the Vanities" years ago about New York (showing my age) and I think this one is about Miami.

Katherine wrote: "The Historian"

Yes, I definitely want to read that one!

I've been asked to do a review of STOLEN

daniel Palmer's new book, due out in may 2013. A husband "helps" pay for his wife's cancer treatment by committing insurance fraud. 5 stars

@Kat - It's strange how that sometimes happens, isn't it?

@Katherine - Can't say I have, but I'll take that as a challenge! Let's see if it freaks me out (whenever I get around to reading it) xD

Finished Rebecca last night. Brilliant book

I can't recall the writing style of Lemony, but I remember it was quirky.

I really liked the Nicolas Flammel series.The Alchemyst

Clotilde wrote: "Hi everybody, I'd like to know if someone could recommend a book a bit like Lemony Snicket's. I loved the "Series of Unfortunate Events" and I started the "All the Wrong Questions" one. I'm waiting..."

The Mysterious Benedict Society CollectionThe Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict These are similar in story type and writing style to Series of Unfortunate Events.

Clotilde wrote: "Thanks. This one seems great!"

Yeah My hubby read all of Series of Unfortunate Events and all The Mysterious Benedict Society to me. We enjoyed both but I think I liked The Mysterious Benedict Society better. I hope you enjoy the series!

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